Colloquialisms [promises to be Unutterably Silly] - Page 5

GeoffC · 05-01-2008, 01:24 PM

It's as flat as a pancake

vivaldirules · 05-01-2008, 01:35 PM

Nice house but no one's home.

Dumber'n a box o' rocks.

DaleDe · 05-01-2008, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Not really a variation, but related: Let's give him enough rope to hang himself.

Or He would probably kick if we hung him with a new rope.

Dale

radleyp · 05-01-2008, 02:30 PM

The only time he opens his mouth it's to change feet.

Sparrow · 05-01-2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

please PLEASE tell us what the cockney rhyming slang definition is !!! also, what's the yorkshire definition ? while you're at it...

In our pre-decimal coinage days we had a coin worth three old pennies (1.5 new pence in modern money).
It was called a threepenny bit.
The cockney rhyming slang phrase 'threepeeny bits' was a (usually complimentary) reference to a woman's front upper torso.

A colloquialism I like is one used to describe having mixed emotions - it's like watching your car being driven off a cliff by your mother-in-law. (A mixture of sadness and joy.)

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-01-2008, 03:30 PM

If he had a clue, he must've given it up for Lent.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-01-2008, 03:34 PM

Here's 2 Star Trek Colloquialisms:

"His body transported, but his head's still in the buffer."

"His turbolift doesn't quite reach the bridge."

slayda · 05-01-2008, 03:56 PM

Could a saying by a group that is not located in a common geographic area but have a common interest be a colloquialism?
One I'm sure all of us here use - "It fell into the bit bucket."

An interesting one I had to explain to a Spanish speaking person was, "over yonder." Luckily in Spanish it translates easily to "allá" as opposed to "allí".

RWood · 05-01-2008, 05:22 PM

I once had a room so small that I had to step into the hall to change my mind.
The only thing I got from that book was paper cuts.

or on another subject:

She gave up her virginity for lent.
Make hay while the street light shines.

slayda · 05-01-2008, 09:16 PM

Don't buy a pig in a poke.

You pays your nickel and you takes your chance.

Looks like two shoats in a bag fighting to get out.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-01-2008, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

I once had a room so small that I had to step into the hall to change my mind.
The only thing I got from that book was paper cuts.

in the finest Groucho Marx tradition !

you can't trust that one, he changes his mind like he changes his shirt. a real weather vane he is.

pilotbob · 05-01-2008, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

in the finest Groucho Marx tradition !

you can't trust that one, he changes his mind like he changes his shirt. a real weather vane he is.

SPeaking of Marx,

Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend. Inside a dog its to dark to read.

BOb

Nate the great · 05-01-2008, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

SPeaking of Marx,

Outside of a dog, a book is mans best friend. Inside a dog its to dark to read.

BOb

I think that one is Mark Twain, actually.

Taylor514ce · 05-01-2008, 11:24 PM

Don't engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

And let's not forget dear Ol' Harv, who once he found Vera, was happy as a pig in slop, because Vera walking away looked like two pigs fighting in a burlap sack.

And to add a family favorite phrase from when one of my sons was about 7, in honor of the intense thunderstorms and hail we're having tonight: "Dad! There's golf balls the size of hell outside!"

Greg Anos · 05-02-2008, 12:04 AM

I could eat a handful of iron filings and puke a better design than that. *

* Courtesy of E.E. Smith PHD (First Lensman)

05-01-2008, 03:34 PM	#67
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Here's 2 Star Trek Colloquialisms: "His body transported, but his head's still in the buffer." "His turbolift doesn't quite reach the bridge." Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 05-01-2008 at 03:50 PM. Reason: Thought of another...

05-01-2008, 11:24 PM	#74
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Don't engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. And let's not forget dear Ol' Harv, who once he found Vera, was happy as a pig in slop, because Vera walking away looked like two pigs fighting in a burlap sack. And to add a family favorite phrase from when one of my sons was about 7, in honor of the intense thunderstorms and hail we're having tonight: "Dad! There's golf balls the size of hell outside!" Last edited by Taylor514ce; 05-01-2008 at 11:46 PM. Reason: Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.

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